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wráþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wráþ, adj.

wroth ⬩ angry ⬩ incensed

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Wið wrád werod wearde healdan to keep watch and ward against foes, Beo. Th. 643; B. 319. Wráðe wælherigas, Cd. Th. 119, 21; Gen. 1983. Ða ðe wydewum sýn wráðe æt dóme, Ps. Th. 67, 5.

sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl, es; m.: e; f.

time, occasion ⬩ a fit time, season, opportunity, ⬩ circumstance, condition ⬩ happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity

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Ðá wæs sǽl and mǽl, ðæt tó healle gang Healfdenes sunu it was the proper time for Hrothgar to go to the banquet-hall, Beo. Th. 2021; B. 1008. Óþ ðæt sǽl álamp (cf. Ðá seó tíd gelamp, ðæt . . .

Linked entry: sél

gímen

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Cf. gíman; 6 Nú sceole wé hogian mid mycelre gýmene ꝥ úre lífe beó swá gelógod, Hml. S. 16, 6. care for a person (gen.), liking, affection.

þeówian

(v.)
Grammar
þeówian, p. ode.

to serve ⬩ be a servant or slave ⬩ to be devoted to ⬩ attend to ⬩ bestow pains on ⬩ work at ⬩ to perform a service ⬩ to enslave ⬩ reduce to a state of slavery ⬩ deprive of freedom

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Gif ðú þeów bigst, þeówie hé six gér and beó him freoh on ðam seofoðan, Ex. 21, 2. Gilde hé, þeówige hé whether he pay or serve (as a slave), L.

Linked entries: þeáwian þeówan

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Tó aldorceare, Beo. Th. 1817; B. 905. Hé manegum wearð mannum tó hróðre, werþeódum tó wræce, Elen. Kmbl. 30; El. 15.

healf

(n.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

Side ⬩ part ⬩ side ⬩ hand ⬩ beside ⬩ dispute ⬩ behalf ⬩ account ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ direction

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Beó on náðre healfe ná má manna þonne .xii., Ll. Th. i. 212, 7.

LECGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LECGAN, p. legde, lægde, léde

to lay ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ lay ⬩ to slay

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Ða land ðe hig ðiderin lecgeaþ beón ða ðám gebróðran ðe ðǽr binnan beóþ tó fódnoþe and tó scrúde let the lands, that they assign thereto, be for the feeding and clothing of the brethren there, Chart. Th. 370, 25.

á-hebban

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Ðá niétenu beóð hwæthwugununges from eorðan áhafen (-hæfen, Hatt. MS. ), Past. 154, 16. to lift, carry. remove Hwá áhefeþ hí heonon quis eos hine levat? , Gr. D. 208, 24. Nis nánum men cúð hwider hyre líchama áhafen sý, Hml. Th. i. 440, 20.

Linked entries: un-áhefendlic hebban

ge-réfa

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(l b) where the function is given :-- On helle beóþ yfele geréfan þS þe nú on wóh démaþ . . . Be þsém démum Críst sylf wæs spre-cende . . . Se yfela déma onféhþ feó. Bl.

nán

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nán, [ = ne án]; pron.

not one ⬩ none ⬩ no ⬩ none ⬩ no man ⬩ nothing

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Náne þinga beór ne drince on no account let him drink beer, Lchdm. ii. 88, 10

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Th. 136, 3; By. 145: Beo. Th. 5352; B. 2679. Gemearca hú ða tyrf ǽr stódon, Lchdm. i. 398, 5.

Linked entries: for-stent stondan

deófol-gild

(n.)
Grammar
deófol-gild, deóful-gild, diófol-gild, -geld, -gield, -gyld, es; n. [deófol, gild tribute, worship]

Devil-worship, sacrifice to devils, idolatry, an idol, an image of the devil ⬩ diabŏli vel dæmōnum cultus, idololatrīa = είδωλoλατρεία, idōlum, simulacrum

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Beóþ deófolgyld dysigra þeóda gold and seolfur simulacra gentium argentum et aurum, Ps. Th. 134, 15 : 113, 12 : Bd. 3, 30; S. 561, 43 : Cd. 145; Th. 180, 18; Exod. 47 : Elen. Grm. 1041 : Cot. 118

Linked entry: diófol-gild

lesan

(v.)
Grammar
lesan, p. læs; pl. lǽson; pp. lesen

To lease ⬩ gather ⬩ collect

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Ne gé ne gaderion ða eár ðe bæftan eów beóþ ac lǽtaþ þearfan and útácymene hig lesan nec remanentes spicas colligetis, sed pauperibus et peregrinis dimittetis eas, Lev. 23, 22

rúm-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-mód, adj.

liberal ⬩ profuse ⬩ benignant, gracious, kind

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Sellaþ ælmessan, beóþ rúmmóderyhtra gestreóna, Exon.

wǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽcan, p. wǽhte; pp. wǽht, wǽced

To weaken ⬩ afflict ⬩ oppress

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Ða men beóþ mid hriþingum swíþe strangum wǽcede, Lchdm. ii. 258, 3

tó-nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-nemnan, p. -nemde

To name separately, ⬩ distinguish by name into parts

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Swá þeáh is tó geþencenne ðæt ða fíf þing þeáh hí tónemde sién mid wordum ðæt hit is eall án þing ðonne hí gegaderode beóþ atqui necessarium est confiteri nomina quidem esse diversa, nullo vero modo discrepare substantiam, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 122, 11

Linked entry: nemnan

and-leofen

(n.)
Grammar
and-leofen, -lifen, -lyfen, es; n.

living ⬩ food ⬩ sustenance ⬩ nourishment ⬩ pottage ⬩ victus ⬩ alimenta ⬩ pulmentum ⬩ that by which food is procured ⬩ money ⬩ wages ⬩ alms ⬩ stipendium ⬩ stips

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Beóþ éþhylde on eówrum andlyfenum estote contenti stipendiis vestris, Lk. Bos. 3, 14

B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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  Eng. graƀan = grafan = engrave klioƀan = cleófan = cleave geƀan = gifan = give The Runic letter ᛒ not only stands for the letter B, b, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon beorc the birch-tree

CEÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEÓWAN, to ceówenne, ic ceówe, ðú ceówest, cýwst, he ceóweþ, cýwþ, ceówaþ;ceáw, cuwon; cowen

To CHEW, gnaw, eat, consume ⬩ ruminare, manducare

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Ðæt híg eton ða nýtenu ðe hira clawe todǽlede beóþ and ceówaþ omne quod habet divisam ungulam, et ruminat in pecoribus, comedetis, Lev. 11, 3, 4. Hí cuwon heora girdlas, and gærs ǽton they chewed their own girdles, and ate grass, Ælfc.

Linked entry: cuwon

DUST

(n.)
Grammar
DUST, es; n.

DUST ⬩ pulvis

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Hí beóþ duste gelícran, ðonne hit wind toblǽwþ tamquam pulvis, quem projĭcit ventus a făcie terræ, Ps. Th. 1, 5: 89, 6. Asceacaþ ðæt dust of eówrum fótum excŭtĭte pulvĕrem de pĕdĭbus vestris, Mk. Bos. 6, 11: Lk. Bos. 10, 11